Is there anything stopping Emmis from changing the call letters of their FM repeaters of KLBJ-AM and KGSR to KLBJ-LP and KGSR-LP, respectively? The same could be asked of Clear Channel and Entercom for their FM repeaters of KVET-AM and KJCE-AM. Seems more logical than the more convoluted alpha-numeric call signs these repeaters currently have.
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FM Repeaters of Austin AM Stations
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KMRD said:Is there anything stopping Emmis from changing the call letters of their FM repeaters of KLBJ-AM and KGSR to KLBJ-LP and KGSR-LP, respectively? The same could be asked of Clear Channel and Entercom for their FM repeaters of KVET-AM and KJCE-AM. Seems more logical than the more convoluted alpha-numeric call signs these repeaters currently have.
Is there any station in the US that is doing that or has done that? Translator call letters are assigned by the FCC. Although in Houston KTJM simulcasts La Raza 98.5 on KJOJ-FM 103.3 but that is an existing frequency in which the stations owners can change the format and end the simulcast on KJOJ-FM but on a translator (repeater) station they have to repeat a format on the existing FM or AM band. The LP designation after a stations calls is reserved for television i.e. K17DH-LP (I don't think that was the right calls but it goes something like that) that particular TV station used to air Galavision in San Antonio around 1995 on UHF. They did the same for The Box (formally the Juke Box Network) on UHF channel 19 that year had a FM translator like calls and the LP designator.
willdav713 said:The LP designation after a stations calls is reserved for television
Low Power FM's also have the LP designation after the call letters. (i.e. KDRP-LP in Dripping Springs)
No, translators and LPFM stations are different classification and follow different rules. These stations are translators and their call signs follow the format K or W followed by the FM channel number followed by two letters. The channel numbers run from 201 (88.1) through 300 (107.9).
FM boosters (repeaters on the same frequency) do use the parent station's callsign followed by a number (e.g. KZZZ-1).
FM boosters (repeaters on the same frequency) do use the parent station's callsign followed by a number (e.g. KZZZ-1).
Neil Griffin said:No, translators and LPFM stations are different classification and follow different rules. These stations are translators and their call signs follow the format K or W followed by the FM channel number followed by two letters. The channel numbers run from 201 (88.1) through 300 (107.9).
How does KDRP-LP manage to get around this rule?
KMRD said:How does KDRP-LP manage to get around this rule?
Because, as stated earlier, KDRP-LP is a Low-Power FM, not a translator. The term "repeater" isn't an FCC classification for a facility and doesn't appear in the rules (except for a few cases where they have been assigned in "emergency" situations). Also remember that LPFM's originate their own programming; a translator cannot.
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